Relegated Wolves produced an astonishing recovery from 3-0 and 4-1 down to claim the most unlikely of draws at Swansea.

Things looked grim for Terry Connor's side as Andrea Orlandi struck in the first minute, and Joe Allen and Nathan Dyer extended the lead before the 15-minute mark. But the visitors rallied, Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis pulling goals back either side of Danny Graham scoring Swansea's fourth, before second-half strikes by David Edwards and the outstanding Jarvis.

The draw secured Swansea's Premier League status, but their manager, Brendan Rodgers, was not impressed with the way his side squandered the advantage they built. "The game should have been dead at 3-0 and in the second half I felt there were too many individuals and we did not play as a team," he said. "But give credit to Wolves, I warned in the week that they are a team with spirit and I know how competitive they are."

Almost straight from the kick-off, Scott Sinclair's cross found Orlandi in acres of space and he was able to loop a header over the keeper after 25 seconds. Three minutes later, Graham and Gylfi Sigurdsson linked well to free Allen, and the midfielder's shot took a deflection off Richard Stearman to leave Dorus de Vries with no chance.

Wolves had been carved open with worrying ease, and things got worse in the 15th minute. Orlandi tricked his way between Kevin Foley and Michael Kightly and his deflected ball across the box was headed in at the far post by Dyer.

Wolves managed to get a goal back when Kevin Doyle found space down the left and delivered a pinpoint cross for Fletcher to direct a free header over Michel Vorm. But that only proved to be a brief respite, as Swansea scored their fourth on the half-hour. Dyer was given far too much space, and when his shot rebounded back to him, he lofted a lovely ball for Graham to slot home his 13th goal of the season.

The comical standard of defending continued as another Doyle cross came through to Jarvis, who cut inside Steven Caulker to finish beyond Vorm, Ashley Williams making a hash of his attempted goalline clearance.

Having been overrun towards the end of the first half, Rodgers reverted to a four-man defence. But it was to no avail. Kightly's neat pass picked out the run of Edwards, and the midfielder steered the ball past Vorm. The visitors were in control and pressing for an equaliser, and it duly arrived in the 69th minute, as Fletcher's first-time ball across the six-yard box was slid home by Jarvis for the winger's second.

Connor, still without a win after 11 games in charge, said: "It was two teams with different styles and it made for an entertaining game. We grew in belief and could have ended up winners." PA